Country size comparison
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Papua New Guinea is about 26 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, making Papua New Guinea 2,498% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (6.5 million more people live in Papua New Guinea).
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